2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Urban Affairs for a Bachelor’s

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Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brown University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Urban Affairs for a Bachelor’s. Brown University is located in Providence, Rhode Island and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s urban affairs degrees to qualified students.

Brown also made our “Best Urban Studies/Affairs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1.Of the 9,948 students enrolled at Brown University, 98 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 19 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,111. During this same period, 40 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Urban Affairs for a Bachelor’s. UCONN is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 28 bachelors’s urban affairs degrees in 2020-2021.

UCONN not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Urban Studies/Affairs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Of the 27,215 students enrolled at University of Connecticut, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Full University of Connecticut Veteran Student Life Report

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Worcester State University
Worcester, Massachusetts

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Urban Affairs for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Worcester, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s urban affairs degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Worcester State, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Urban Studies/Affairs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Of the 5,724 students enrolled at Worcester State, 117 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 49 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,630. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Trinity College
Hartford, Connecticut

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Trinity College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Urban Affairs for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Hartford, Connecticut, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s urban affairs degrees in 2020-2021.

Trinity Bantams did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Urban Studies/Affairs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 10 of the 2,241 students enrolled at Trinity College were GI Bill® students, of which 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $23,408. In addition to receiving other benefits, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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